Veratrum alkaloid

Introduction: Veratrum alkaloid

Description of Veratrum alkaloid

Veratrum alkaloid: antihypertensive alkaloids derived from the Veratrum genus of poisonous liliaceous plants.
Source: CRISP

Veratrum alkaloid: Alkaloids with powerful hypotensive effects isolated from American or European Hellebore (Veratrum viride Ait. Liliaceae and Veratrum album L. Liliaceae). They increase cholinergic and decrease adrenergic tone with appropriate side effects and at higher doses depress respiration and produce cardiac arrhythmias; only the ester alkaloids have been used as hypotensive agents in specific instances. They have been generally replaced by drugs with fewer adverse effects.
Source: MeSH 2007

Veratrum alkaloid: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Veratrum alkaloid:

• Veratrum
• Alkaloid
• Antihypertensive
• Poisonous

Terms associated with Veratrum alkaloid:

More specific terms for Veratrum alkaloid:

• Cevanes

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Veratrum alkaloid

• Alkaloids

Source - MeSH 2007

• alkaloid
• antihypertensive agent
• plant poison

Source - CRISP

The term Veratrum alkaloid can be used for:

• cevadine
• cevine
• germine
• jerveratrum
• protoveratrine
• veratridine
• veratrine

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Veratrum alkaloid

The following list attempts to classify Veratrum alkaloid into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Heterocyclic Compounds
  • Alkaloids
    • Veratrum Alkaloids

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